TIMARU AND SOUTH CANTERBURY NEWS

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20567, 8 June 1932, Page 9

TIMARU AND SOUTH CANTERBURY NEWS

TIMARU. RUGBY. The Management Committee of the South Canterbury Rugby Union met on Monday evening, Mr J. 0 'Leary presiding. The secretary (Mr F. J. Cook) anSTOlced that Canterbury would not bo iblesto play, the game against South in Timaru on Saturday, August 6th, and that probably the game *ould have to be played on a WednesMy. The statement caused some adT «se comment, but no further action taken. la reply to a communication from tfw'Ashburton Eugby Union that August W was the only suitable date for the Canterbury match, it to reply submitting August «« or September 3rd. following are the games for next wturday: ■fßniior— Star v. Waihi, Frascr Park -'•.l, 2.45 p.m.; Celtic v. Zingari, "«erPark Xo. 2, 2.45 p.m.; Old Boys v -Teouka, Temuka No. 1, 2.45 p.m. Junior—Temuka v. Celtic, Temuka p°- 2, 2.45 p.m.; Zingari v. Star, Eraser cm No - 2 > L 3° P-" m -i Geraldine v. "'* %s, Geraldino No. 1, 2.43 p.m.; *W»ra A v. Pareora B, Pareora. 2.30 a bye. ■Kurd. Grade—Star A v. High School ?.fcflool p ark Xo. 1, 1.30 p.m.; Old f^ B v. Star B, School Park No. 2, 7* P-m.; High School A a bye. Grade—Geraldine v. High *■»« B, Geraldine No. 2, 2 p.m.; Zin- £«▼. High s chool A> F rasci . p ar k (.*•'. 1.30 p.m.; Temuka v. Pareora; *JK>I Park No. 3, 2.45 V .m.; Star a Grade—Star v. High Sehool C, £*»ol Park No. 3, 1.30 p.m.; TechniGeraldine B, School Park total J> p,m,; Gc raldine A v. Celtic, yPark No: 2, 2.45 p.m.; Temuka v. School A, Temuka No. 1, 1.30 **> Sigh School B a bye. Presbytery. ti,?f f ~i aiaru Presbytery met yesterdav, the Rev. Adam Begg, from Fairlie was suafavour of Mr T. Caskev, who Wt d to his scat on th ° Pres " accomplished in the vouth , lijg'WTeeently conducted by the Eev. j t» j£ t L et £ her in Timaru. were referred a ev . P G Hugließ> who said V,li 6 /, Were moved to admiration ***sZ , ble Work don e among the Sl£f°? Ie . dur iJig the. mission. ecided to forward a copv of j „V!^ B *« Mr netclier. f " gnataon °f the Rev. W. * u a«een*V he P° siti «>n of treasurer j ?*•'<««;; and he w as accorded a >* t7xt s for hi s services. The CUr was a PPointed to fill

GERALDINE. The best-scores off the rifle at the Pleasant Valley Miniature Rifle Club's weekly shoot were J. Crotty 78, G. Burrows 78, M. Champion 78, S. Rae 76, D. Murphy. 75, 11. Gray 75, J. Gregaii 75, T. "Webb 75, AV. Blissett 74, 11. Hill 73, K. Paterson 72, D. Rew, 72. G. Cocks 70. W. Gale 69, H. Moss 67, T. M. Robinson 65. A meeting of the Geraldine River Board was held on Monday afternoon. Present: Mr K. Mackenzie (chairman) and Messrs F. R. Flatman, J. C. South. C. Ley, J. M. H. Tripp, T. Lyon, Alex. Bain, and Ross Brodie. The Finance Committee reported that the receipts for the month had totalled £lll 6s 6d. The debit balance in tho general account was £591 13s lid, and there was a credit balance of £'■l6 17s -id in the South Orari loan account. The expenditure in the several districts to date was as follows: Kangitata Island 14s, South Orari £l4 8s 3d, Upper Orari and Waihi £56 6s 3d. Wages to be passed for payment amounted to £l9 7s od. The first round of the Tripp Cup competition conducted by the . Geraldine District Golf Club will he played on tho Geraldine links on Saturday. The lirst players drawn will leave the tee at 1.15 p.m. The following players will represent the Geraldine Ladies' Hockey Club against Winchester, to-morrow: F. Patrick. M. McShanc, R. Hendry, P. Kimber, TC. Goodeve, M. Patrick. M. Vincent, M. Wills. L. Friend, M. Vincent, and G. White; emergencies, K. Dermody. R. Grindell, and E. Hooper. A kitchen evening, arranged by Mrs G. H. Bryant, in honour of Miss Kitty Hav, whose marriage to Mr Ken Patrick takes place 'shortly, was held at the residence of Mrs S. Patrick. Talbot street, Geraldine. Miss Hay received many useful gifts. An enjoyable evening was spent with games and dancing. TEMUKA. In the Temuka Methodist Church on Monday evening, the Rev. H. T. Pe'it. of Timaru. delivered an interesting address on Rotorua, at the conclusion of which he was accorded a vote of thanks. Unemployed returned soldiers of the Temuka district gathered in the Oddfellows' Social Hall on Monday evening, when their problems were discussed and schemes for extra relief were submitted by members of the committee of the Temuka R.S.A. The championship points secured by the various teams competing in the local basketball competitions now are: Senior: Temuka Young Women 8, St. Joseph's 6. Pleasant Point 4, Clandeboye 0, Winchester. 0. Junior: Milford 6, Temuka A 6, Clandeboye 5, Seadown 5, Temuka B 2, Pleasant Point 2, St. Joseph's 0, Arowhenua 0. The fortnightly social of tho Temuka Druids was held on Monday evening. Card games were won by Miss A. Leonard and Mrs F. Bateman and Messrs B. Jamieson and G. Parke. Mr and Mrs Phillips were the winners of a Monte Carlo waltz, the dance mnsie being provided by Mr J. Rickus, while the M.C. was Mr K. Selwyn.

WAIMATE. The president (Mr J. C. Hay) presided at tho monthly meeting of the committee of, the Waimate brunch of the New Zealand Farmers' Union. . Canterbury Agricultural. College advised the holding of short courses in agriculture for farmers and stock agents, 11 days for each at the end of June and August respectively. It was decided to obtain more par- , ticulars. In answer to the president, Mr Sinclair, a member of the Adjustment Commission under the Mortgagors' Belief Act said that all mortgages came under the Act, and if a mortgagor appealed to the Commission he could not' be put off his farm or interfered with in any way. In other words, there was a moratorium until the ease was dealt with. Mr Hodgen mentioned a resolution passed in Timaru suggesting to the Government that rents should be reduced in accordance with, present-day prices. Mr Sinclair said it was not rent that was the trouble but goodwills, which were simply ridiculous, especially for pastoral leases. In the majority of cases the rents were most reasonable. It did not seem fair, in the circumstances, to saddle the Government with reduced rents. On the motion of Messrs Whatman and Barclay, a resolution was passed that a letter bo sent to the Prime Minister urging that no farmer should be put off his farm or-sold up owing to the operation of price factors over which he had no control. Mr Alan Grant placed before the meeting the results of the wheat variety trials carried out ou his property by the Agricultural Department. The following higher yields in comparison with solid ftraw Tuscan were revealed: —Major, 7 bushels; Bell's Hunter, 4.2; Dreadnought, 8.7; Velvet, 18-27, 10.2; Yeoman, 4.4. All varieties showed a significant increase in yield over solid straw Tuscan, the Department's letter pointed out. The weekly shoot of the Miniature Eifle Club was held in the Drill Hall. The following were the highest scores registered:—A. Bishop 78, A. Kernick 77, H. Cameron 77, A. Dunnill 76, W. D. Paterson 75, E. Cameron 74, G. Baker 74, K. Kernick 73, E. Warren 73, B. Averis 73, S. Dench 73, Finlayson 70. In the shoot-off for the Eeeve junior button, B. Averis was the winner. A. Bishop won the Paterson senior button with 78 off tho rifle. RANGITATA. The iirst of a series of fortnightly mcials, arranged by the Itangitata Sehool Committee, was held in the Soldiers' Memorial Hall. Winners of the card tournament were Miss K. Sugrue and Mr H. K. MeCJelland. Dance music was supplied by local players. Mr L. Gillum acted as M.C. Another social evening was held by the Itangitata Island Hall Committee to augment the hall funds. In the card tournament Mrs _Priddle, Miss Kita Smith, and Miss EVaus tied, anu in tho play-off Miss Evans was the winner. Mr J. Priddle won the men's prize. Tho consolation prizes were won by Mrs J. Hearn and Mr Fahey. Music for the dance was supplied by local players. Mr W. Tate was M.C.